Kelis' New Album is Called "Food" and Here is The First Single, "Jerk Ribs"

by Gabriella Vigoreaux

on 04/01/14 at 01:45 PM

So we all know Kelis can make a mean milkshake (the one that brings the boys to the yard), but did you know she also has some serious kitchen chops? The hip hop songstress and domestic goddess told First We Feast all about her culinary upbringing and how it inspired her new album (aptly titled "Food") in an interview this morning. The take away: I want Kelis to come to my next dinner party and I want her to bring jerk ribs. With all the sauce.

Most celebrities who need a break from the biz book a one way flight to some exotic paradise, but not Kelis Rogers. She enrolled in Le Cordon Bleu culinary school in 2008 to switch thing up and hone in on the skills she had acquired through her lifetime in the kitchen (her mother owned a catering company and taught her how to cook from a young age).

So what is Kelis's signature dish? "The jerk ribs," she tells FWF. "I don’t know, but quite frankly, I’m beating guys off with bats over here." Want to know her secret? She could teach you, but she'd have to charge...

It gets better. In addition to her Food album, Kelis is developing her own line of sauces, called Feast, to be relased later this year. Think: flavors like wild cherry barbecue, guava coulis and her signature jerk sauce of course.

The label on the bottle reads, "Everything's better smothered poured or dipped." I REALLY could not agree more. From there, Kelis hopes to start penning her own cookbook, open a restaurant, and likely rule the world soon after.

As mentioned in the interview, Kelis is not the only musician flirting with the food scene lately. Questlove of the Roots had a short-lived (but delicious) fried chicken joint, Hybird, in New York's Chelsea Market and Kanye West is rapping about croissants. "Food and music go together," says Kelis. "It’s sort of how you’re living, what you’re listening to, who you’re with, what you’re eating, what you’re wearing. It’s a lifestyle, you know, being consistent."

"Food" is dropping on April 28th and includes tracks like "Breakfast" and "Jerk Ribs," obviously.